Two Centuries Of Lewis And Clark: Reflections On The Voyage Of Discovery [Paperback]

William L. Lang (Author), Carl Abbott (Author), Roberta Conner (Author), Christopher Zinn (Author)

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Publication Date: November 30, 2004

The landscape encountered by the Corps of Discovery during their multi-year, cross- country trek to the Pacific was dramatically different from the one that greeted visitors attending Portland's Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905 or the one that exists in the Pacific Northwest today. On the occasion of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition and the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, the time is ripe for reconciling those earlier events with present-day activities.In "Two Centuries of Lewis and Clark", William L. Lang and Carl Abbott have collaborated to address those issues. Lang scrutinizes the motivations for the Lewis and Clark expedition and the environmental ramifications of its discoveries on the people and the landscape of the Columbia River Basin. Abbott examines the ways in which the Lewis and Clark Exposition advanced President Jefferson's goal of developing the economic potential of the Pacific Northwest, particularly through the exploitation of the region's abundant natural resources.

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William L. Lang is professor of history at Portland State University; he is the author of a number of books including A Confederacy of Ambition: William Winlock Miller and the Making of Washington Territory. Carl Abbott is professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University and author of several books, among them The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West.

Product Details

• Paperback: 145 pages
• Publisher: Oregon Historical Society Pr (November 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875952887
• ISBN-13: 978-0875952888
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,349,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars From 1804 to our time..., June 8, 2006

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This review is from: Two Centuries Of Lewis And Clark: Reflections On The Voyage Of Discovery (Paperback)

This is a GREAT book. It is easy to read and well-written. You will enjoy reading it if you have to study Lewis and Clark or just to improve your knowledge about the Trail. There are three extremely interessant parts:
- The focus on the Northwest at the time of the Trail
- How people have been celebrating the importance of the Expedition / Centennial, etc...
- The conversation between Lang, Conner, Zinn and Abbott
Plus: pictures punctuate the book / useful for people who are not from the Northwest